Mohammadreza Salehi - Khatam- ol- Anbia University, Tehran, Iran
Rouhollah Torki - Khatam- ol- Anbia University, Tehran, Iran

Learning to write as a basic skill in second language learning and teaching is a fundamental goal in foreign language classrooms (Raims, 1983; Einsterhold, 1990). Despite this role, most L2 learners have difficulty to writing in L2. This study is based on the use of videos and reading comprehension texts to improve composition writing skills on the advance levels. To do this, 120 female and male students at Down Syndrome Center of Iran, Tehran were selected. Following a pre-test, the students were divided into two groups. Then a post-test was done for the results. The results show that using videos as a prewriting task has positive effects and help second language learners be better writers

Second language learning, reading comprehension, composition writing, pre-writing activities, Down Syndrome